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The captain of a spaceship orbiting planet X discovers that to remain in orbit at 410 km from the planet's center, she needs to maintain a speed of 68 m/s . What is the mass of planet X? (G=6.67×( G = 6.67 \times 1011 Nm2/kg2) \left. 10 ^ { - 11 } \mathrm {~N} \cdot \mathrm { m } ^ { 2 } / \mathrm { kg } ^ { 2 } \right)


A) 4.2×1017 kg4.2 \times 10 ^ { 17 } \mathrm {~kg}
B) 2.8×1019 kg2.8 \times 10 ^ { 19 } \mathrm {~kg}
C) 4.2×1014 kg4.2 \times 10 ^ { 14 } \mathrm {~kg}
D) 2.8×1016 kg2.8 \times 10 ^ { 16 } \mathrm {~kg}

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